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Utah Legislature passed a record number of bills in 2024. Here's how they'll change your life.

Utah Legislature passed a record number of bills in 2024. Here's how they'll change your life.

The Salt Lake Tribune — The Utah Legislature finished its 45-day general legisaltive session on Fridy night. Lawmakers immediately rushed to pass laws targeting transgender Utahns and removing diversity programs at public universities. By the final days of the marathon session, lawmakers were focused on passing a pair of bills that would spend billions of taxpayer dollars on courting professional sports leagues to Utah.
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Republicans try banning pride flags in schools twice during final hours of Utah Legislature

Republicans try banning pride flags in schools twice during final hours of Utah Legislature

The Salt Lake Tribune — Republicans in the Utah Legislature tried passing a de facto ban on pride flags in schools during the final hours of the 2024 general session.
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Utah public teachers' email addresses will be given to Republican leaders in the Legislature if C...

Utah public teachers' email addresses will be given to Republican leaders in the Legislature if C...

The Salt Lake Tribune — The Utah Legislature passed a bill that will give the Utah House Speaker and Senate President - both Republicans - access to public school employees' email addresses. Republicans voted down a measure that would have also shared those email addresses with minority leaders.
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Poll: Cox leads tight three-way race ahead of June primary election

Poll: Cox leads tight three-way race ahead of June primary election

UtahPolicy.com — Just 8 percentage points separate first and third place in the Republican race for governor according to a new survey of likely primary voters. The UtahPolicy.com/KUTV 2News survey conducted by Y2 Analytics finds Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox in the lead with 34 percent support among likely Republican voters.
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Burgess Owens leads fundraising in Utah's 4th Congressional District ahead of June primary

Burgess Owens leads fundraising in Utah's 4th Congressional District ahead of June primary

UtahPolicy.com — Republican Burgess Owens leads the fundraising race heading into the June primary election, while his opponents are lagging behind. Owens raised just under $300,000 between the state convention and mid-June according to the latest Federal Election Commission disclosure filings. His campaign spent $276,464 in that period, leaving him just over $111,000 in the bank.
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Lawmakers slash millions from the state budget, but increase education funding slightly

Lawmakers slash millions from the state budget, but increase education funding slightly

UtahPolicy.com — Just 120 days ago Utah's budget for next year was overflowing with cash. Revenue projections in mid-February gave lawmakers $921 million dollars in extra money to spend, most of it in the Education Fund. The economic downturn from the coronavirus has wiped out those rosy financial projections, and lawmakers on Thursday took the first steps to cut $850 million from this and next year's budgets.
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Shadowy Colorado group sends mailers attacking Huntsman

Shadowy Colorado group sends mailers attacking Huntsman

UtahPolicy.com — A shadowy Colorado super PAC is behind a mailer attacking former Gov. Jon Huntsman that Utah Republicans are finding in their mailboxes ahead of the June primary election. The mailer paid for by the "Protecting our Constitution" super PAC, hits Huntsman for quitting as Utah's Governor in 2009 to take the post as Ambassador to China in the Obama administration.
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Coronavirus tests from Utah National Guard troops who went to D.C. were unaccounted for over seve...

Coronavirus tests from Utah National Guard troops who went to D.C. were unaccounted for over seve...

UtahPolicy.com — When the 200 Utah National Guard troops dispatched to Washington, D.C. to help with that city's response to violent protests returned to Utah, the soldiers were tested for exposure to the coronavirus. UtahPolicy.com has learned that at least half of those tests went unaccounted for over several days.
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Herbert rolls out latest version of Utah's coronavirus economic recovery plan

Herbert rolls out latest version of Utah's coronavirus economic recovery plan

UtahPolicy.com — Gov. Gary Herbert unveiled the latest iteration of the state's plan to economically recover from the coronavirus downturn Wednesday, which he says will position Utah to rebound quicker than other states.
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Bernick and Schott on politics podcast: Who is selling live spiders on eBay?

Bernick and Schott on politics podcast: Who is selling live spiders on eBay?

UtahPolicy.com — It's time for a Tuesday roundup of the big news in Utah politics with Managing Editor Bryan Schott and Contributing Editor Bob Bernick. The GOP race for Utah Governor is coming down to the wire. A new poll gives Jon Huntsman a small lead over Spencer Cox, which means the race is probably going to be close.
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Republican candidates for governor tangle over coronavirus and the economy in primetime debate

Republican candidates for governor tangle over coronavirus and the economy in primetime debate

UtahPolicy.com — Long-simmering tensions between the four candidates for governor boiled over during Tuesday nights' primetime debate in downtown Salt Lake City. The debate, sponsored by 2News, was easily the most high profile political event in recent Utah memory as the four Republicans seeking the GOP nomination for governor, former Gov.
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Podcast: The revolution will be televised - A conversation with Ray Suarez

Podcast: The revolution will be televised - A conversation with Ray Suarez

UtahPolicy.com — Veteran journalist Ray Suarez joins us for a conversation about race relations and the nationwide protests that have broken out following the murder of George Floyd. Suarez tells Managing Editor Bryan Schott that modern communication tools helped the protests to grow so rapidly and reach all parts of the globe.
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Huntsman grabs narrow lead over Cox in new poll

Huntsman grabs narrow lead over Cox in new poll

UtahPolicy.com — Former Gov. Jon Huntsman has pulled ahead of current Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox by the narrowest of margins according to a new poll of likely Republican primary voters.
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Utah's multi-million dollar contact tracing app still can't track person-to-person contacts

Utah's multi-million dollar contact tracing app still can't track person-to-person contacts

UtahPolicy.com — It's been more than a month since Utah officials rolled out the "Healthy Together" app, which was supposed to assist in tracking the movements of people infected with the coronavirus and who they might have come in contact with.
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Cox reels in campaign donation from nation's largest teacher's union

Cox reels in campaign donation from nation's largest teacher's union

UtahPolicy.com — Spencer Cox's campaign nabbed a $75,000 donation from the National Education Association according to financial disclosures. The donation comes after the Utah Education Association's political arm endorsed his bid for the GOP nomination for governor. Cox campaign spokesperson Heather Barney said the sizeable donation from the nation's largest education union is an acknowledgment that Cox would remain committed to education if he's elected in November.
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Bernick and Schott on politics podcast: 'We watched some terrible debates so you don't have to'

Bernick and Schott on politics podcast: 'We watched some terrible debates so you don't have to'

UtahPolicy.com — Time for our Friday look at the stories driving Utah politics with Managing Editor Bryan Schott and Contributing Editor Bob Bernick. Lawmakers will meet in a special session next week to deal with the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Gov.
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Herbert says he'll call a special session next week for budget cuts, but he wants to preserve edu...

Herbert says he'll call a special session next week for budget cuts, but he wants to preserve edu...

UtahPolicy.com — Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday he would call a special session of the legislature next week to address the effect the economic downturn will have on Utah's budget. However, he said he believes lawmakers will be able to avoid cutting the public education budget.
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Analysis: 4th District GOP debate was a disservice to voters

Analysis: 4th District GOP debate was a disservice to voters

UtahPolicy.com — If it's a race for Congress in Utah's 4th Congressional District, you can be sure that the Republicans in the contest will spend as much time attacking Nancy Pelosi as they do discussing their Democratic opponent.
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McAdams joins bipartisan group warning about exploding national debt

McAdams joins bipartisan group warning about exploding national debt

UtahPolicy.com — Rep. Ben McAdams joined a bipartisan group of representatives in sending a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warning about the ballooning national debt. The letter, signed by more than 60 representatives, acknowledged the need to respond to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, but they warned the growing debt could "do irreparable damage" to the U.S.
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Bernick and Schott on politics podcast: 'The top half of Mitt Romney's head'

Bernick and Schott on politics podcast: 'The top half of Mitt Romney's head'

UtahPolicy.com — Listen to the Tuesday edition of our podcast to understand the who, what, when, where, why, how and if of Utah politics with Managing Editor Bryan Schott and Contributing Editor Bob Bernick.
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Video: Romney 'won't dignify' Trump's conspiracy theory tweet about Buffalo protester

Video: Romney 'won't dignify' Trump's conspiracy theory tweet about Buffalo protester

UtahPolicy.com — Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday he would not respond to President Trump tweeting out a conspiracy theory about a Buffalo man injured by police. President Trump posted on Twitter that he believed a 75-year-old man who had been hospitalized after he was pushed by two police officers at a protest might be an "ANTIFA provocateur" who was "scanning" police equipment before he was pushed.
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Trump, race relations take center stage during 1st Congressional District debate

Trump, race relations take center stage during 1st Congressional District debate

UtahPolicy.com — The four Republicans competing for the nomination to replace Rob Bishop in Utah's 1st Congressional District struggled to answer questions about race relations and criticism of President Trump from fellow Republicans during their second debate on Tuesday evening. The four Republicans expressed support for the peaceful nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
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Lawmakers targeting June 18, 19 for special session

Lawmakers targeting June 18, 19 for special session

UtahPolicy.com — Utah lawmakers will meet next week on Thursday and possibly Friday in a special session to adjust next fiscal year's budget to deal with the impact from the novel coronavirus pandemic. Multiple legislative sources confirmed to UtahPolicy.com that the legislature is targeting the 18th and 19th for a budget special session.
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Utahns say the state is on the right track, but the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction

Utahns say the state is on the right track, but the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction

UtahPolicy.com — Utah is a very Republican and Mormon state. Historically, if you are a GOP/Mormon candidate in a general election year, you're going to do OK. But this is not a normal election year. GOP President Donald Trump is not well-liked here, and the coronavirus pandemic seems to be growing in the state.
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